Subsequent Settlement 
This component permits once-only or periodic settlement accounting with regard to conditions governing cumulative, end-of-period rebates.
If you use the Agency Business component, you can use the functions to perform settlement accounting with customers as well as vendors.
If, for example, you agree upon certain conditions with your vendor or customer that provide for the payment of rebates by the latter at the end of a certain period (possibly subject to a certain minimum volume of purchases) instead of immediate discounts allowed in or deductible from individual invoices, you can store such conditions in the system in the form of a "rebate arrangement". The system automatically updates the relevant business volumes. Settlement with regard to such conditions takes place at predefined points in time.
NoteImplementation Considerations
You use this component if you and your vendors or customers agree to conditions of purchase that require subsequent (end-of-period rebate) settlement.
Integration
Required function |
Required component |
Updating of cumulative business volumes at time of purchase order |
Purchase orders |
Updating of cumulative business volume at time of goods receipt |
Goods receipt |
Updating of cumulative business volumes at time of invoice verification |
Invoice Verification |
Updating of invoiced sales at the time of vendor billing document, settlement request and customer settlement |
Agency Business |
Features
1) You can store arrangements entered into with your vendors or customers in the system. The arrangements involved can comprise two types of condition: those requiring one-time settlement and those requiring periodic settlement. Both the validity period of the arrangement and the reference magnitude (for example, quantity, value, weight, physical volume, or number of points) can be defined by the user.
2) The system automatically updates the business volume for the goods for the corporate unit involved when you save the documents.
3) You can still enter rebate arrangements after business volumes have already been recorded. In this case, the relevant business volumes are determined and updated retrospectively.
4) At the end of the validity period of a rebate arrangement, or at the end of the agreed period, the system calculates the rebates payable with regard to conditions that are due for settlement and creates a settlement list. Depending on the settlement type, the system either automatically creates a vendor billing document or a sales invoice.
5) Interim settlement is possible at any time for both rebate arrangements requiring one-time settlement and those requiring periodic settlement.
6) If the results of your cumulative business volume update differ from those of your business partner, you can compare and reconcile the two sets of figures and carry out settlement accounting on the basis of an agreed value.
Constraints
Conditions due for settlement immediately are settled as soon as invoices are received, or once payment has been made. These are therefore not discussed here.
You can process business volume data from customer billing documents using the SD volume-based rebate.
Performance
To improve performance in application components other than SAP Retail that the subsequent settlement accesses, you can make global settings for each client in Customizing for subsequent settlement:
1) You can switch off the entire subsequent settlement.
2) You can switch off individual checks for the updating of business volume and archiving.
See also:
Settlement of Rebate Arrangements in Purchasing (MM-PUR-VM) BC – Workflow Scenarios for the Applications:
Background Processing: Subsequent (End-of-Period) Settlement